Traditionally associated with childhood, dolls are the perfect accessories for horror films. And with the arrival in the rooms of M3GAN 2.0this is an opportunity to get shivered …
M3gan
Doll with ultra-sophisticated artificial intelligence, designed to personify the ideal companion of children and the support of overwhelmed parents, M3gan represents the quintessence of the technological fear of this millennium. His frozen smile made moviegoers tremble in 2023 and is about to repeat. Because M3GAN 2.0 takes place two years after the events of the first part. Gemma, the robotician, made M3gan harmless, but her technology is stolen to create Amelia, a killer android who wants to conquer the world. And Cady convinces her aunt to rebuild M3gan so that she can fight against Amelia.
“When James [Wan, le producteur] And I started talking about the future, he thought it would be cool that there was another robot worse than M3gan. We were both completely agree. And we said to ourselves that the rest could be a story of redemption for M3gan. But at the same time, we don’t really know if M3gan’s allegiance goes to Gemma and Cady or other artificial intelligences, “said director Gerard Johnstone. And amateurs will have the answer to this question on June 27.
Chucky
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Chuckyit’s a sadistic laugh, shovel starts and a suspense to cut in … knife. It was in 1988 that the evil doll made its first appearance on the big screen in Breeze (Child’s Play), while Charles Lee Ray, a serial killer, decides to transfer his soul to a doll.
“I wanted to write a particularly dark satire on how marketing affects children. The Patch Cabbage dolls were very popular at the time, and I gathered the two ideas, “said Don Mancini, the screenwriter of the seven feature films of this $ 334 million franchise in revenue, not to mention the derivatives (and the reboot from 2019), for $ 64 million in total production budget.
It is actor Brad Dourif who lends his hoarse voice to Chucky, and he will explain: “The first lesson I learned is that Chucky loves his work. I was probably a little too serious at first. It took me a long time to understand that basically, all this is only a game. No matter the gravity or the pain, it remains of the game. And if we do not play, we cannot really get there. ”
Annabelle
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It was in 2013, in Conjure (The Conjuring), that Annabelle, ancient porcelain doll, arrives on the screens to terrorize horror lovers. Faced with the unexpected success of the concept ($ 2.2 billion for the trilogy created by James Wan), the studios approved two suites in 2016 and 2021. Because the basic idea is to follow the tribulations of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a couple of paranormal specialists who really existed.
“There is no miracle recipe to make things scary. My goal is to scare me, said James Wan in the pages of Vulture. If I can scare myself with my ideas and my concepts, then that means that there is a strong possibility for the public to feel the same thing as me. The fear of the unknown is obviously an important narrative angle, very common in horror stories. Stephen King stressed that there are two types of fear: fear of an external event that could hurt you and the fear of horror from the inside. ”
Billy
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From his first appearance in Decadence (Saw), in 2004, Billy engraved his image in the minds of horror lovers. This puppet with a clown’s face, with his cheeks painted in a spiral, her red butterfly knot and his costume, is the avatar of Jigsaw (John Kramer), the designer of the Mortal Games of the franchise with 10 films.
“I tinkered with Billy the puppet with ice cream sticks and ping-pong bullets in my little apartment in Melbourne, Australia, for the short film Sawwhich should be used to present the scenario. When the film finally started, I thought we would have a brilliant animatronics puppet and the cutting edge of technology. But no. It was a film on such a small budget that the producers simply asked us to reuse the one I had made. And that’s what is in the film. ”
Fats
If you don’t know the Fil Magic (Magic), it is worth the detour. The feature film dates from 1978, was produced by Richard Pantaloch (Si, Si) and featured Anthony Hopkins, later Hannibal Lecter. The future Oscar -winning actor metamorphoses as a ventriloque magician, Fats being the name of his puppet. But it is also the expression of his second rather murderous personality and whose actions he does not control. We will have a smile when we know that Steven Spielberg had expressed his interest in occupying the headquarters of director and, in terms of distribution, that Jack Nicholson and Robert de Niro had been envisaged for the role.
